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"experienced first-hand" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to any direct experience or observation that a person has encountered. For example: "He shared his story of living through the Great Depression, which he had experienced first-hand."
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The first conflict I experienced first-hand was in Kosovo.
It is something that needs to be experienced first-hand tangibly to understand it.
I have also experienced, first-hand, the value and power of prayer.
"I was not mentally prepared for the shootouts, torture, and other intense moments that I experienced first-hand," says Heineman.
Johnson does, however, offer an insight into Blair's character which I have experienced first-hand – that Blair is slippery.
Growing up in Idi Amin's Uganda, I experienced first-hand how art could function on more than one level.
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What the farmers are experiencing first-hand accords with what scientists are finding.
She wanted them to experience first-hand how entrepreneurs think.
I experienced first hand the difference between Welbutrin and a generic brand when my insurance refused to pay for Welbutrin.
But I wasn't particularly shocked – and not only because I'd experienced first hand how abuse victims can be treated.
Nicknamed "Malice" for her attacking style – an asset that England experienced first hand during the Six Nations defeat last year.
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